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DT could be a free agent March 14th

Thomas' contract contains a $4 million option bonus due by the last day of the league year on March 14. If the Broncos decline to exercise it, the final two seasons of Thomas' contracts are voided, making him a free agent. The dead money makes this interesting. It would be $4.4 million less a $1.33 million cap charge already absorbed for one-third of the bonus.

Translation: the dead cap money would be $3.07 million. Is that a manageable figure? It's a fair question if the Broncos want to allocate their money differently this offseason. Thomas, 30, is due to make $8.5 million in base salary next season

I heard this earlier today. Sportrac had DT listed as a $15m cap hit, which is prohibitive, but $3.5m is clearly doable. They could ask him to reduce his salary, and he might do it. That is a likely scenario.

They apparently tried to trade him during the season, but failed to find a buyer.

i think he's gone if he doesn't restructure, and it's probably the right move. . .sorry, MO. . . IMO, he has lost a step, and isn't worth that contract anymore. . . that doesn't change the fact that he's the only thing close to resembling a number one receiver on this roster, and our already pathetic excuse for an offense is likely to sink even lower without him. . . sadly, it's sounding like talib day's are probably numbered as well. . . time stops for no man. . . it looks to me like we're still paying for that super bowl win, and ultimately i'm okay with that. . .

but the FO's inability to draft quality talent is about to get badly exposed if we do in fact lose guys like DT, talib, CJ or sanders. . . because we don't seem to have adequate replacements in the pipeline for any of them aside from roby stepping in for aqib, and we don't have anyone ready to replace roby on the depth chart. . . we got by with existing talent and free agents for a while, but you can only ride that horse so long. . . the failure of high picks like packin' lunch, osweasel, montee ball, hillman, heuermann, latimer, schofield and samfrailo has set this franchise back in a major way, and we're going to end up as a bottom dweller if they can't do better than that going forward. . . i was really disappointed that they didn't do anything more to beef up the FO than increasing gary's role. . . if we can't do better in this draft, they have no choice but to bring in some outside help if we want to stay relevant. . . your drinking buddies aren't getting it done, john. . .

i think he's gone if he doesn't restructure, and it's probably the right move. . .sorry, MO. . . IMO, he has lost a step, and isn't worth that contract anymore. . . that doesn't change the fact that he's the only thing close to resembling a number one receiver on this roster, and our already pathetic excuse for an offense is likely to sink even lower without him. . . sadly, it's sounding like talib day's are probably numbered as well. . . time stops for no man. . . it looks to me like we're still paying for that super bowl win, and ultimately i'm okay with that. . .

but the FO's inability to draft quality talent is about to get badly exposed if we do in fact lose guys like DT, talib, CJ or sanders. . . because we don't seem to have adequate replacements in the pipeline for any of them aside from roby stepping in for aqib, and we don't have anyone ready to replace roby on the depth chart. . . we got by with existing talent and free agents for a while, but you can only ride that horse so long. . . the failure of high picks like packin' lunch, osweasel, montee ball, hillman, heuermann, latimer, schofield and samfrailo has set this franchise back in a major way, and we're going to end up as a bottom dweller if they can't do better than that going forward. . . i was really disappointed that they didn't do anything more to beef up the FO than increasing gary's role. . . if we can't do better in this draft, they have no choice but to bring in some outside help if we want to stay relevant. . . your drinking buddies aren't getting it done, john. . .

Sounds like you want us to just hit pure rebuild mode, which I don't blame you for.

i think he's gone if he doesn't restructure, and it's probably the right move. . .sorry, MO. . . IMO, he has lost a step, and isn't worth that contract anymore. . . that doesn't change the fact that he's the only thing close to resembling a number one receiver on this roster, and our already pathetic excuse for an offense is likely to sink even lower without him. . . sadly, it's sounding like talib day's are probably numbered as well. . . time stops for no man. . . it looks to me like we're still paying for that super bowl win, and ultimately i'm okay with that. . .

but the FO's inability to draft quality talent is about to get badly exposed if we do in fact lose guys like DT, talib, CJ or sanders. . . because we don't seem to have adequate replacements in the pipeline for any of them aside from roby stepping in for aqib, and we don't have anyone ready to replace roby on the depth chart. . . we got by with existing talent and free agents for a while, but you can only ride that horse so long. . . the failure of high picks like packin' lunch, osweasel, montee ball, hillman, heuermann, latimer, schofield and samfrailo has set this franchise back in a major way, and we're going to end up as a bottom dweller if they can't do better than that going forward. . . i was really disappointed that they didn't do anything more to beef up the FO than increasing gary's role. . . if we can't do better in this draft, they have no choice but to bring in some outside help if we want to stay relevant. . . your drinking buddies aren't getting it done, john. . .

100% agree with all of this. Mo is going to get pissy at you for your DT take, but it's the correct one. He's either lost a step, has stopped caring, or both. Dude just disappears way too much for what he's getting paid. I'd love to keep him if he'd be willing to restructure, but we'll see if that happens. Harder to convince a guy to restructure when it doesn't look like you're gonna be contending for a Super Bowl any time soon, though. If he's gonna take a paycut, he'll probably take it somewhere with a chance to win. Or he'll just go to some shitty team that will throw another big contract at him.

As for the rest, totally agree on that as well. We have like 6 of the first 100ish picks this year. Elway has never needed to nail a draft more than he needs to nail this one.

So you believe that we can win a SB with Cousin only throwing the ball to Sanders?

No.

But having a guy like DT is a waste if you dont have a QB who can actually get him the ball. But, a good QB can always elevate players around them, wide receivers not so much. At this point in time Denver needs a QB more than one good receiver.